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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
2.. c:namespace:: DTV.dmx
3
4.. _DMX_START:
5
6=========
7DMX_START
8=========
9
10Name
11----
12
13DMX_START
14
15Synopsis
16--------
17
18.. c:macro:: DMX_START
19
20``int ioctl(int fd, DMX_START)``
21
22Arguments
23---------
24
25``fd``
26    File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`.
27
28Description
29-----------
30
31This ioctl call is used to start the actual filtering operation defined
32via the ioctl calls :ref:`DMX_SET_FILTER` or :ref:`DMX_SET_PES_FILTER`.
33
34Return Value
35------------
36
37On success 0 is returned.
38
39On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set
40appropriately.
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50       -  ``EINVAL``
51
52       -  Invalid argument, i.e. no filtering parameters provided via the
53	  :ref:`DMX_SET_FILTER` or :ref:`DMX_SET_PES_FILTER` ioctls.
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55    -  .. row 2
56
57       -  ``EBUSY``
58
59       -  This error code indicates that there are conflicting requests.
60	  There are active filters filtering data from another input source.
61	  Make sure that these filters are stopped before starting this
62	  filter.
63
64The generic error codes are described at the
65:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
66